Plugging shore power into inverter
I'm about to buy an inverter for my travel trailer. It has no 12 volt outlets, so I think ac is the easiest way to go. Can I plug the shore power plug (with an adapter) directly into the inverter an...
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Almot wrote:JRRNeiklot wrote:
Yep I did what I was afraid of, forgot to flip the breaker on the converter, It's drawing 172 watts on its own. I'm going to wire a big red switch up right on the wall so I won't forget. SO, the correct numbers are, with tv playing video, and the fridge running via ac, 2.99a or 352 watts, according to my kilowatt meter.
352 watt for TV and thumb drive? This is still abnormally high.
2.99A - is 12V DC or 110V AC? If it's 2.99A DC, then it's only 40 watt.
Fridge on electric. My fridge is rated at 300 watts AC, I'm not sure about OP's but a similar rating would make sense of the killawatt reading. OP mentions running fridge on electric rather than propane when he has the capacity to.
